definition of waterboarding
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Waterboarding Waterboarding is a form of water torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the individual to experience the sensation of drowning.orturers pour water onto the face over the breathing passages, causing an almost immediate gag reflex and creating a drowning sensation for the captive. Vomitus travels up the esophagus, which may then be inhaled. Victims of waterboarding are at extreme risk of sudden death due to the aspiration of vomitus.
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What is floating? What is floating? Floating, also known by the clinical name R.E.S.T. (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy/Treatment/Technique), is an experience of weightlessness that is acquired by lying quietly in a dark tank, suspended in a warm solution of Epsom salt. It’s about 10″ deep and so dense that you float effortlessly.
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What is a Flowboard? Adorable animal families that will make you aww. The flowboard is a sporting device of fairly recent vintage. In construction, the flowboard is similar to a skateboard, but is meant for recreation that combines elements of several different sports.
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Your Guide to Buying Bodyboards and Boogie Boards A Boogie Board is a specific brand, though many people, even many stores, simply use bodyboard and boogie board interchangeably. There are two basic ways to ride a bodyboard: prone, meaning lying on the board on one's belly, or drop-knee, meaning kneeling on the board with one knee, while the other foot trails in the water to provide additional control.
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Skateboarding Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. Skateboarding can also be considered a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation.Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years.he first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a Los Angeles, California surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards.
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Waterboarding Definition of WATERBOARDING. : an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee's mouth and nose so as to induce the sensation of drowning.ADVERTISEMENT. Next Word in the Dictionary: water boat Previous Word in the Dictionary: water boa All Words Near: waterboarding. an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee's mouth and nose so as to induce the sensation of drowning. ADVERTISEMENT. Next Word in the Dictionary: water boat Previous Word in the Dictionary: water boa All Words Near: waterboarding.
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- Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth and Ireland), also aquarelle (French loanword), a diminutive of the Latin for water, is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution.
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- hydrotherapy. 1  the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of water. 2  the treatment of physical disability, injury, or illness by immersion of all or part of the body in water to facilitate movement, promote wound healing, relieve pain, etc., usually under the supervision of a trained therapist.
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Wakeboarding 1 Surface 360 - a rider spins the board 360 degrees while riding the surface of the water. 2  Tantrum-a rider approaches the wake heelside and back flips over the wake on an axis perpendicular to the direction of the board. 3  Tantrum to Revert-Tantrum to frontside 180.
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twerking (ˈtwɜːkɪŋ) n. (Dancing) a provocative dance performed by moving the hips rapidly back and forth while standing with the feet apart and raising and lowering the body in a squatting motion. [C20: of uncertain origin ] twerk vb.
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Snowboarding Terms Stick – Another name for a snowboard or a term used to describe a perfect landing by a rider. Stiffy Air – Any trick in which both legs are boned and a grab is incorporated. Stinky – Riding with the legs spread open and knees apart. Stoked (slang) – An alternate term for the word psyched or excited.
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Waterboarding One form of waterboarding that's not only legal, but actively encouraged in some circles. Waterboarding is a term used to whitewash a method of torture whereby a person is subjected to the sensation of drowning.ater is then poured slowly and steadily over the victim's face and head. As the victim cannot speak while being waterboarded, they are generally given a dead man's drop (A small weight of some sort, which they hold in one or both hands), which they will release when they are ready to co-operate and give up information.
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Definition of 'whirlpool' British English: whirlpool NOUN. A whirlpool is a small area in a river or the sea where the water is moving quickly round and round, so that objects floating near it are pulled into its centre.
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waterspout Definition of waterspout. 1 :  a pipe, duct, or orifice from which water is spouted or through which it is carried. 2 : a funnel-shaped or tubular column of rotating cloud-filled wind usually extending from the underside of a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds from the surface of an ocean or lake.
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List of skateboarding terms A skateboard is made up of many parts both movable and immovable that when put together allow a rider to propel him or herself forward and steer left or right. A skateboard is propelled by pushing with one foot while the other remains on the board, or by pumping in structures such as a pool or half-pipe.
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Water boy In the USA, a water boy (sometimes spelled waterboy) is someone who works on the sidelines and provides water or other drinks to athletes. The phrase has also been used to described diminutive figures who serve another team or person in the business and political worlds, in a slightly derogatory manner (ex.n the USA, a water boy (sometimes spelled waterboy) is someone who works on the sidelines and provides water or other drinks to athletes. The phrase has also been used to described diminutive figures who serve another team or person in the business and political worlds, in a slightly derogatory manner (ex.
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The History and Origins of Snowboarding By Philip Sebastian Schilling. Snowboarding is an awesome sport that has become more and more popular in recent years. Originally the inspiration came from skateboarding, surfing, and skiing, the sport of snowboarding evolved in the United States back in the decades of the 1960s and 70s.
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Definitions &Translations Waterspout A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex that occurs over a body of water, connected to a cumuliform cloud. In the common form, it is a non-supercell tornado over water. While it is often weaker than most of its land counterparts, stronger versions spawned by mesocyclones do occur.
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Snowboard Snowboards are boards that are usually the width of one's foot longways, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user. In monoskiing, the user stands with feet inline with direction of travel (facing tip of monoski/downhill) (parallel to long axis of board), whereas in snowboarding, users stand with feet transverse (more or less) to the longitude of the board.
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Glossary of cue sports terms : the movement of freshwater through a semipermeable membrane when pressure is applied to a solution (as seawater) on one side of it.
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- History & Culture. Water skiing came about on June 28, 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota, proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water. Ralph first attempted water skiing on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben.
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waterline water line. n. 1. a. The line on the hull of a ship to which the surface of the water rises. b. Any of several lines parallel to this line, marked on the hull of a ship, and indicating the depth to which the ship sinks under various loads. 2.
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List of water sports Main article: Surface water sports. 1  Barefoot skiing is waterskiing without skis. 2  Boating is the use of boats. 3  Boat racing is the use of powerboats to participate in races.  Bodyboarding is similar to surfing, but the board is smaller and the person (normally) lies down on the board.
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Truth About Metabolic Resistance Training Workouts Well, you’ve probably heard the term because the internet is buzzing about this type of training for fat burning. After all, gone are the days of slow cardio for weight loss. Heck, even interval training is starting to get passed over.
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Surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.tandup surfing begins when the surfer paddles toward shore in an attempt to match the speed of the wave (The same applies whether the surfer is standup paddling, bodysurfing, boogie-boarding or using some other type of watercraft, such as a waveski or kayak.).
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How to Tread Water â Techniques and Drills How to Tread Water – Techniques and Drills. Learning how to tread water is an important basic swimming technique the novice must master to gain water confidence. Basically, treading water consists of moving your limbs to keep your head above water and your body afloat in a vertical position. Knowing how to tread water allows you to feel secure and relaxed. This article will show you two different ways of treading water, a popular style and then my own personal style.